Chapter 221 - 221 Picking Navel Oranges
221 Picking Navel Oranges
When Lan Ying’s daughter-in-law returned with her son, she was so angry that she was about to go crazy.
As a mother, one should be firm!
Later, Lan Ying’s daughter-in-law gave her son two choices. Either they lived separately or they divorced.
Lan Ying’s son already had a son and daughter, and his family did not have the money to get him another wife. Naturally, he was unwilling to divorce.
Later, Lan Ying’s daughter-in-law rented a house in town and lived there with the children, separated from her mother-in-law.
As for Lan Ying, ever since she separated from them, she would go to town every other day to cause trouble, causing the entire street to know that her son and daughter-in-law were unfilial. Being pointed at by everyone and looked at differently, her daughter-in-law was so angry that she did not know what to do.
At that time, many young people in the countryside began to go out to work. Lan Ying’s daughter-in-law gritted her teeth and took her three children to work with her husband. They went far away.
They had been gone for more than ten years. Usually, they would only come back during the new year.
Perhaps it was because they had seen too much in the outside world, or perhaps it was because they had money that the daughter-in-law was confident. Therefore, every year when they came back, she had to make a big fuss and cause a lot of trouble.
Sometimes, Lan Ying’s daughter-in-law would decide not to come back and let her husband bring her son back. She and her three daughters would not go back and be humiliated.
After Lan Ying’s grandson had a child, the daughter-in-law also gave birth to another son. She simply threw the child to her mother-in-law and said fiercely, “If they get hurt at all, I’ll fight you to the death with a knife. See if I dare!”
However arrogant Lan Ying was back then, she was down and out to the same extent presently!
She had treated her daughter-in-law so ruthlessly and coldly back then. Now, she had received the same repayment.
Her son was filial, but her son was also afraid of his wife now!
Back then, when her son saw his wife suffering, he did not say a word.
Now, her son also turned a blind eye when he saw his mother being scolded coldly by his wife!
In that case, it was simply nonsense that Lan Ying could afford to buy bird’s nest worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Unless she was rich, her son would never fork out this money! Wasn’t her goal to make Gu Qingming a fool?
Grandma Shi said directly, “If you want to buy bird’s nest, sure. You have to pay first!”
Lan Ying immediately said in dissatisfaction, “Aren’t we supposed to buy things first before paying? Anyway, your granddaughter is so rich. What’s wrong with paying first? How can I not return it?”
Grandma Shi’s expression revealed a hint of mockery. She said coldly, “I might consider others, but as for you, unless you pay first, I won’t buy it for you!”
Wasn’t she greedy for free bird’s nest? Dream on!
Lan Ying left angrily and said angrily, “Pfft, so what if you’re rich! I’ll get my son to buy something better than yours.”
Grandma Shi merely smiled and shook her head.
Of course, she was not the only one. There were many people in the village who had the intention of getting things on credit.
They would take the stuff first before paying.
If they had no money, they would owe it first. After a while, the debt would be forgotten.
Grandma Shi and Grandpa Shi weren’t people who couldn’t think straight for the sake of their pride.
Gu Qingming’s gesture of buying these health supplements for them was her filial piety. Of course, they were willing to accept it.
However, this did not mean that they could squander her filial piety.
The Gu family was rich, but this money did not come from the wind.
They were also earning hard-earned money.
Why should they spend so much money on unrelated people?
Therefore, the two of them rejected all the old people who came looking for them. Of course, if they were generous enough to pay first, it would be another matter.
However, in a village like this, how many old people had so much money in their savings? How many people were so generous as to spend money like this?
Someone secretly looked for Gu Qingming.
“Little Gu, I want a box of bird’s nest too. Can you buy it for me? I’ll pay you back at the end of the year.”
It would have been very difficult for ordinary girls to reject such a request.
But who was Gu Qingming? She was a smart person who had been in the business world since she was young. How could she not reject such a small matter?
Gu Qingming smiled and said, “I’m sorry, I have to pay for the goods first.”
In any case, no one had the upper hand!
“Auntie, we’re going up the mountain to pick navel oranges. Are you coming?”
Gu Qingming, who was lying in the courtyard sunbathing, heard Shi Junxuan’s words, and her eyes lit up.
“Pick navel oranges? Now?” Gu Qingming asked in confusion. “But I saw the news that this year, the navel orange goes down the tree on the tenth of November. But it’s only the end of October.”
Shi Junxuan smiled and said, “Now, we’re going up the mountain to pick some for ourselves!”
A specialty of Pingyang County was the navel orange!
The navel oranges here were the best in the country. Every year, millions of tons were sold. Almost the entire county was making a fortune growing navel oranges.
Many people became rich by growing navel oranges. They earned up to 400,000 a year and bought houses and cars in the city.
Every year, the Gu family would have several boxes of navel oranges sent by Shi family.
The Shi family was good at growing watermelons, and they were even better at growing oranges.
Of course, the income from planting navel oranges is several times that of watermelons every year. Of course, watermelons sold at high prices this year, accounting for a large portion of this year’s income. Perhaps it will be the same as the income from navel oranges.
Pingyang County’s navel orange was world-famous. In order to ensure the quality and taste of the navel orange, the entire state mined the trees uniformly.
Every year, they would calibrate the time for picking the oranges..
This year, it was the tenth of November.
Of course, this was also the time to start selling.
It was naturally not a problem for his family to pluck it in advance.
It was just that the navel orange picked in advance was still a little sour.
Hearing that she could go up the mountain to pick navel oranges, Gu Qingming immediately perked up.
“Alright, I’ll go with you!” Gu Qingming got up from the recliner and stretched her waist. She smiled and said, “Recently, I haven’t been moving much. It’s good to go to the mountain and move around!”
Shi Junxuan covered his mouth and smiled innocently. “Aunt, you’re just like a pig. Doesn’t a pig just eat and sleep?”
Gu Qingming was speechless. Alright, she wouldn’t argue with a child.
Eldest Uncle started the tricycle and said to Gu Qingming, “Mingming, come up and sit!”
The driver’s seat of the tricycle could accommodate two people.
Gu Qingming was in the driver’s seat. It was not that steep uphill. But since her belly was so big. It was better to be careful!!
The others were riding motorcycles up the mountain. If the children wanted to go, they would naturally be driven by adults!
This time, he did not go up the mountain to pick the navel orange!
It was mainly because the navel oranges were about to mature and needed more careful servicing.
Gu Qingming did not know how to plant navel oranges, but there was no lack of interest in her, especially the joy of picking them.